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Go Team Venture!: The Art and Making of The Venture Brothers – Cover art courtesy of Dark Horse

Dark Horse will be going behind the scenes of Adult Swim’s hit series with Go Team Venture!: The Art and Making of The Venture Brothers.

The hardcover volume will cover every episode of the series from the pilot to the sixth season, with an in-depth interview ith series executive producers Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer; the earliest sketches of Hank and Dean; pitching the series; learning the ins and outs of animation, and more – plus an introduction from Patton Oswalt, who notes that, ‘The Venture Brothers is one of those shows, like Archer, 30 Rock, and Arrested Development, that stands up to repeated viewings. It practically demands them. And this book more than enriches your repeated visits.’

Go Team Venture!: The Art and Making of The Venture Brothers will be in stores on August 23rd, 2017. Pre-orders are now being taken.

Ben 10 – the world’s favorite ten-year old superhero is now a mobile game.

Ben 10: Up to Speed tells the story of how Ben Tennyson discovered the Omnitrex – and alien artifact that allows him to transform into powerful alien heroes – while on vacation with his Grandpa Max and cousin Gwen.

Ben 10: Up to Speed launches on January 12th and will be available on i0S, Google Play and Amazon for $2.99.

Television’s most entertainingly convoluted series is getting a companion volume from the publishers of such edifying and entertaining titles as Investigating Sherlock and The Doctors Are In.

The Science of Orphan Black – The Official Companion (placeholder cover above) will examine Orphan Black’s science from clones to epigentics; from the real diseases on which the sestras’ disease is based to the philosophies behind Neolution.

The Science of Orphan Black, by Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth, with Graeme Manson (series co-creator) and Cosima Herter (science consultant) will be in stores on June, 2017.

Whovians and Sherlockians are some of the hardest fans to buy gifts for at Christmas. Thanks to BBC Worldwide, there are a number of gift ideas now available to mollify even the pickiest of them.

Whether it’s a Sonic Screwdriver, a Sherlock or Fourth Doctor Pop! figure; the doctor Who CLUE® board game or Sherlock TITANS: The Baker Street Collection, there are plenty of spiffy tie-ins to tantalize and amaze. Follow the jump for a host of cool gift ideas.

Investigating Sherlock – The Unofficial Guide is an examination of the BBC’s contemporary Sherlock Holmes series, Sherlock. The author, Nikki Stafford, has done a number of books such investigative tomes on television series (Bite Me! The Unofficial Guide to the World of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the Finding Lost series) but this is the first that I’ve read, and it is a lovely bit of scholarship without being in slightest bit dry.

LEGO announced today that it will be producing a Doctor Who LEGO set. The concept for the set was generated by a website where Whovians could pitch their ideas. The winning design came from Andrew Clark, who pitched a concept that included several Doctors and monsters.

The new Doctor Who LEGO set should be available by the end of the year. For more, follow the jump.

Worried that you might have been infected by The Strain? It does seem to be spreading rather quickly…

The Strain Transformation App is a free download – available through the iTunes and Google Play stores. Fans can see how The Strain would transform – from diagnosis through to full on vampire. The app also allow the infected to share photos of the process and post warnings t friends’ Facebook pages – and gives the infected access to exclusive video as well as The Strain social media.